Well this is my final code which worked for me. It is a mix by a few ideas. The main reasons that I will accept my answer is that my code is in Swift, my code uses UIAlertController, my code is for picker. I want to thank to Jageen – my answer is based on his idea.
func showPickerInActionSheet(sentBy: String) {
var title = ""
var message = "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n";
var alert = UIAlertController(title: title, message: message, preferredStyle: UIAlertControllerStyle.ActionSheet);
alert.modalInPopover = true;
//Create a frame (placeholder/wrapper) for the picker and then create the picker
var pickerFrame: CGRect = CGRectMake(17, 52, 270, 100); // CGRectMake(left), top, width, height) - left and top are like margins
var picker: UIPickerView = UIPickerView(frame: pickerFrame);
/* If there will be 2 or 3 pickers on this view, I am going to use the tag as a way
to identify them in the delegate and datasource. /* This part with the tags is not required.
I am doing it this way, because I have a variable, witch knows where the Alert has been invoked from.*/
if(sentBy == "profile"){
picker.tag = 1;
} else if (sentBy == "user"){
picker.tag = 2;
} else {
picker.tag = 0;
}
//set the pickers datasource and delegate
picker.delegate = self;
picker.dataSource = self;
//Add the picker to the alert controller
alert.view.addSubview(picker);
//Create the toolbar view - the view witch will hold our 2 buttons
var toolFrame = CGRectMake(17, 5, 270, 45);
var toolView: UIView = UIView(frame: toolFrame);
//add buttons to the view
var buttonCancelFrame: CGRect = CGRectMake(0, 7, 100, 30); //size & position of the button as placed on the toolView
//Create the cancel button & set its title
var buttonCancel: UIButton = UIButton(frame: buttonCancelFrame);
buttonCancel.setTitle("Cancel", forState: UIControlState.Normal);
buttonCancel.setTitleColor(UIColor.blueColor(), forState: UIControlState.Normal);
toolView.addSubview(buttonCancel); //add it to the toolView
//Add the target - target, function to call, the event witch will trigger the function call
buttonCancel.addTarget(self, action: "cancelSelection:", forControlEvents: UIControlEvents.TouchDown);
//add buttons to the view
var buttonOkFrame: CGRect = CGRectMake(170, 7, 100, 30); //size & position of the button as placed on the toolView
//Create the Select button & set the title
var buttonOk: UIButton = UIButton(frame: buttonOkFrame);
buttonOk.setTitle("Select", forState: UIControlState.Normal);
buttonOk.setTitleColor(UIColor.blueColor(), forState: UIControlState.Normal);
toolView.addSubview(buttonOk); //add to the subview
//Add the tartget. In my case I dynamicly set the target of the select button
if(sentBy == "profile"){
buttonOk.addTarget(self, action: "saveProfile:", forControlEvents: UIControlEvents.TouchDown);
} else if (sentBy == "user"){
buttonOk.addTarget(self, action: "saveUser:", forControlEvents: UIControlEvents.TouchDown);
}
//add the toolbar to the alert controller
alert.view.addSubview(toolView);
self.presentViewController(alert, animated: true, completion: nil);
}
func saveProfile(sender: UIButton){
// Your code when select button is tapped
}
func saveUser(sender: UIButton){
// Your code when select button is tapped
}
func cancelSelection(sender: UIButton){
println("Cancel");
self.dismissViewControllerAnimated(true, completion: nil);
// We dismiss the alert. Here you can add your additional code to execute when cancel is pressed
}
// returns number of rows in each component..
func pickerView(pickerView: UIPickerView, numberOfRowsInComponent component: Int) -> Int{
if(pickerView.tag == 1){
return self.profilesList.count;
} else if(pickerView.tag == 2){
return self.usersList.count;
} else {
return 0;
}
}
// Return the title of each row in your picker ... In my case that will be the profile name or the username string
func pickerView(pickerView: UIPickerView, titleForRow row: Int, forComponent component: Int) -> String! {
if(pickerView.tag == 1){
var selectedProfile: Profiles = self.profilesList[row] as Profiles;
return selectedProfile.profileName;
} else if(pickerView.tag == 2){
var selectedUser: Users = self.usersList[row] as Users;
return selectedUser.username;
} else {
return "";
}
}
func pickerView(pickerView: UIPickerView, didSelectRow row: Int, inComponent component: Int) {
if(pickerView.tag == 1){
var choosenProfile: Profiles = profilesList[row] as Profiles;
self.selectedProfile = choosenProfile.profileName;
} else if (pickerView.tag == 2){
var choosenUser: Profiles = usersList[row] as Users;
self.selectedUsername = choosenUser.username;
}
}